You wouldn't happen to be reading a review of the movie "Blackhat"? It has at least 2 of the actors of Chinese descent that acted in "Lust | Caution". BTW, I didn't like "Blackhat" one bit; half way through the film I fell asleep.

Any technical person would tell you it's pure fiction kludged together by someone who didn't have a clue. Plus IMO the acting was subpar.

Steve,

No I haven't watched "Blackhat". Given your review and that of others, I guess I won't have time for this sci-fict.

IMO, funny stuff like those you mentioned in sci-fict movies are often caused by lack of research by screenwriters or carelessness of directors/producers. All is avoidable really I think.

I actually watched the 2014 movie 黄金年代 “The Golden Era" while on a long-haul flight to the Far East. I was quite impressed by Tong Wei's role of the short-lived novelist Xiao Hong.

The movie prompted me to re-read Xiao's famous 《呼兰河传》on the way back.

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I for one appreciate very much Yueyin doing the research and providing the facts surrounding 郑苹如's adventure and her real-life story. She is truly a heroine and beauty combined in one.

I had to re-watch the DVD to jog my memory. The character played by 梁朝伟 indeed was a traitor, the villain of the movie.

BTW, what I meant by not reading too much into something is about the translation of the movie title "Fast and Furious". I thought something along the lines of "疾驰猛飞" would be much better than reading "激情" into it.

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Thanks a lot for the clarification. To tell you the truth, I too was confused as to what made you think of 梁朝伟 (in "Lust, Caution") when it comes to "love and heroism". I'm glad that you cleared the air; so we can all move forward on this issue.

Still, I'd like to thank Yueyin again for his research on the historical facts behind the main characters of this movie and posting them to our forum. It gave me much needed insight watching the movie the second time around.

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I don’t think I misinterpreted what you said and put words in your mouth. This is your original post:

David Lin wrote:

爱情、英雄

偶然读到。

令人想起以前看过的电影 《色，戒》里面的梁朝伟和汤唯。

“爱情不会出自平白无故，英雄也不会天生而成。”

However, I think everything has been made very clear. Further argument over this issue will not make a lot more sense. Enough is enough. Let’s move on as Steve suggested. Nevertheless, if you think you are not done yet and want to continue this argument, I have no objection.

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Thanks a lot for the clarification. To tell you the truth, I too was confused with what made you think of 梁朝伟 when it comes to "love and heroism". I'm glad that you cleared the air, and we can all move forward on this issue.

Steve,

谢谢！其实明眼人心里都很明白这是怎么回事儿。如果我所介绍的背景资料对大家理解那种“深奥的意境”略有帮助的话，我将感到很欣慰。

“爱情不会出自平白无故，英雄也不会天生而成” 这种话，北京人叫做大实话。如果用水来比喻的话，就是白开水！

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